Abidin Kusno

Title/Position: ProfessorDepartment/Faculty/Institution: Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
Degree(s)/School(s):PhD, Department of Art History, Binghamton University, State University of New YorkE-mail:akusno15@yorku.ca

MCRI Involvement: Advisory Board Member

Background: Abidin Kusno is a Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University. His research interests include global cities, urban/suburbanism, politics and culture, history and theory of architecture, urban design and planning, nationalism, colonialism and post-colonialism, and Asian studies. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Asian Urbanism and Culture Tier II and also serves as co-director of the Centre for Southeast Asian Research. Previously he served as Academic Advisor of the MA in Asian Pacific Policy Studies (MAAPPS) Program.

Kusno is the author of several books in English and Indonesian, the most recent of which include, After the New Order: Space, Politics and Jakarta (Hawaii University Press, 2013) and The Appearances of Memory: Mnemonic Practices of Architecture and Urban Form in Indonesia (Duke University Press, 2010). Kusno has served on the editorial boards of Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Journal of Architectural Education, Journal of Planning History, Pacific Affairs, as well as on the International Advisory Board of Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.

Selected Publications:

Books:

Kusno, A. ( 2013). After the New Order: Space, Politics and Jakarta. Hawaii University Press

Kusno, A. (2010). The Appearances of Memory: Mnemonic Practices of Architecture and Urban Form in Indonesia, Duke University Press.